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The Kissing Booth 2
Directed by	Vince Marcello
Produced by	Ed Glauser Andrew Cole-Bulgin Vince Marcello Michele Weisler
Screenplay by
Based on	The Kissing Booth by Beth Reekles
Starring
Music by	Patrick Kirst
Cinematography	Anastas N. Michos
Edited by	Paul Millspaugh
Picture Loom Productions Clearblack Films Komixx Entertainment
Distributed by	Netflix
July 24, 2020
131 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Kissing Booth 2 is a 2020 American teenromantic comedy film directed by Vince Marcello, from a screenplay by Marcello and Jay Arnold. The film is a direct sequel to the 2018 film The Kissing Booth. Based on The Kissing Booth books by Beth Reekles, the film stars Joey King, Joel Courtney and Jacob Elordi.

The film was released on July 24, 2020, by Netflix. Like its predecessor, the film received generally negative reviews from critics. A third installment is scheduled to be released in summer 2021.

Plot[edit]

The film starts with Elle narrating her time with Noah before he leaves for Harvard. Her senior year begins with her classmates gossiping about how she and Noah will eventually break up, making her fear elevate as Noah has befriended an attractive girl named Chloe on Instagram. Elle and Lee are planning the kissing booth again for the Charity Fair, while Lee is trying to convince Elle to have Marco Peña, the attractive new transfer student, also known as the new 'Noah Flynn,' be one of the kissers. Elle beats Marco on the dancing game, forcing him to participate in the booth. Noah suggests Elle apply to Harvard, which clashes with her plans to study at University of California, Berkeley with Lee (where their moms met and became friends). Elle does it without telling Lee.

Elle visits Noah in Boston, meeting his new friends and Chloe, making her more insecure. She finds an earring below Noah's bed, making her angry and confronting Noah, who assures her nothing has happened between him and Chloe and asking her to trust him. Elle talks with her father about college tuition and learns money is a problem, and is willing to participate with Lee in a dance competition with a cash reward for first place. Lee has an accident on one of their practice sessions (later revealed to be fake) and proposes that Marco become her dance partner, which she isn't too happy to accept but eventually does. As Marco and Elle start passing the time together, they grow closer, and an attraction between them initiates.

Unbeknownst to Elle, Lee's relationship with Rachel is having problems, as Elle is going everywhere with them and not letting them have their time as a couple. After leaving Rachel waiting at the movies, she asks Lee to talk with Elle, promising he will but never does. The Halloween Dance arrives, and Lee forgets to tell Rachel that they changed costumes (Rachel was a marshmallow while Lee and Elle were going to be crackers making a smore), upsetting her even more. Elle shares a dance with Marco, almost kissing him but stops listening to the OMG girls gossiping about her.

On the day of the competition, Lee finds in his car trunk Elle's applications to Harvard, angering him. Elle and Marco excel at their performance, and she kisses him at the end of their dance, not knowing Noah was in the crowd, causing him to walk away. Elle wants to go after him the moment she and Marco are announced the winners. Thanksgiving dinner happens at Flynn's residence, where Noah arrives with Chloe, upsetting Elle, who Lee confronts for not telling him about her application to Harvard and Rachel being upset with her as well. During dinner, Rachel discovers Lee never spoke with Elle and leaves. Lee catches up with her, and Rachel breaks up with him. Elle tries to convince Rachel to reconcile with Lee but is unsuccessful. She also gives back the earring to Chloe, who confirms it belongs to her. She reveals to Noah in a bar that one night she slept in Noah's room when he was out and lost it.

The carnival day arrives, and both Lee and Rachel reconcile after being blindfolded and kissing each other at the kissing booth. Elle is also blindfolded and is approached by Marco, who wants to talk with her about their feelings. Elle admits to Marco there is an attraction between them but tells him she loves Noah and goes looking for him at the airport. Chloe tells her that he went to look for her, and Elle finds him in the park where they first kissed. Noah confesses to being embarrassed that he wasn't doing as well at Harvard as he initially thought. He also wants a relationship with Chloe in the same way Elle has with Lee. Elle and Noah reunite.

6-7 months later, Noah returns, and Elle, Lee, and Rachel graduate. Lee shares with Elle that he was accepted at Berkeley and asked if she received a response. She answers she was waitlisted at both Berkeley and Harvard. As Marco looks from afar at Elle, his friend notices and says she's not worth it, but Marco decides that she is. When Elle opens both envelopes in her room, it turns out she was accepted to both universities, which will force her to make a decision: go to Harvard with Noah or Berkeley with Lee.

Cast[edit]

Joey King as Rochelle “Elle” Evans
Joel Courtney as Lee Flynn
Jacob Elordi as Noah Flynn
Maisie Richardson-Sellers as Chloe Winthrop
Taylor Zakhar Perez as Marco Peña
Molly Ringwald as Mrs. Flynn
Meganne Young as Rachel
Stephen Jennings as Mike Evans
Morné Visser as Mr. Flynn
Bianca Bosch as Olivia
Zandile Madliwa as Gwyneth
Camilla Wolfson as Mia
Carson White as Brad

Production[edit]

In February 2019, it was announced Joey King, Joel Courtney and Jacob Elordi would reprise their roles, with Vince Marcello directing from a screenplay he wrote alongside Jay Arnold, with Netflix distributing.^[1] In May 2019, Maisie Richardson-Sellers and Taylor Zakhar Perez joined the cast of the film, with Meganne Young, Carson White and Molly Ringwald reprising their roles.^[2]

Principal photography concluded in August 2019, taking place in South Africa.^[3]

Release[edit]

The film was released on July 24, 2020 on Netflix.^[4]^[5] It was the top-streamed film in its opening weekend, while the first film ranked third.^[6] It placed second in its sophomore weekend, with Forbes noting it as 'one of the most popular movies ever on the platform.'^[7]^[8] In October 2020, Netflix reported 66 million households watched the film over its first four weeks of release. ^[9]

Critical response[edit]

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 28% based on 39 reviews, with an average rating of 4.5/10. The website's critics consensus reads: 'Joey King makes The Kissing Booth 2 better than it could have been, but this slapdash sequel will leave viewers puckering up for all the wrong reasons.'^[10] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 39 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating 'generally unfavorable reviews'.^[11]